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Shooting Wounds Multiple Fans at Chicago White Sox Game, Per Reports

According to reports, a shooting occurred at the Chicago White Sox game on Friday night against the Oakland Athletics.
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Shooting Wounds Multiple Fans at Chicago White Sox Game, Per Reports
Shooting Wounds Multiple Fans at Chicago White Sox Game, Per Reports

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The Chicago White Sox lost to the Oakland Athletics on Friday night by a score of 12-4 but the bigger story has nothing to do with baseball.

According to multiple reports on social media, a shooting occurred at Guaranteed Rate Field.

First, the 16th and 17th District Chicago Police Scanner "X" account put out the following. This is a verified account with more than 50,000 followers:

There's blood in section 161 and 162 of Sox Park. 

There are 3 victims, 1 GSW with a graze to the stomach, 1 shot in the leg, live casing and live round recovered at gate 4. #ChicagoScanner

The account also put out the following:

It sounds like the third victim wasn't injured. #ChicagoScanner

Then, Chicago Sun-Times visual journalist Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere put out the following:

Fans are telling reporters that the shooting took place as early as the 3rd inning. They evacuated the section and continued play. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner

While the team has not put out anything official at this time, they did postpone a concert that was going to take place after the game. The team cited "technical difficulties."

We'll have more on this story as it becomes available.

After the loss, the White Sox fell to 50-79 on the season. They have the fourth-worst record in baseball.

The White Sox and A's are scheduled to play each other again on Saturday night. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET as JP Sears (OAK) pitches against Toukki Toussaint (CWS).

Oakland is 38-91 this year.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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